Nelson’s public works director says the volume of a sewage leak into the Kootenay River on March 27 was “negligible.”
In an April 4 news release, Charlie Henderson said the leak occurred in a pipe that transports sewage from the city to the sewage treatment plant at Grohman Narrows. The pipe is located about 30 metres below the surface of the Kootenay River.
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